Flexible shingle



Nov. 30 1926. a H. P. HAYDEN ET AL FLEXIBLE SHINGLE Filed Dec. 50, 1924 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII v INVENTOR: Haraldfliflydezz 1w Whg aaz/er, BY

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I WITNESSES:

Patented Now 36, 1926.

HAROLD HAYDEN, (Hi PERTH .ELMEUY, AND "WAYNE W1 STATES PATENT JERSEY, ASSIGN-URS T0 THE BARBER ASPHALT COMPAN'EZY. HIILAIJELIMJLIA, IPEIIINSYLVANTA A UQZELPOBATIGN OF 'WEST VIEEHINIEL,

IE'LEXIBLE EJ'HINGLIE.

Application filed December This invention relates to flexible shingles and it has more particular reference to those types ailapteil to he laid tliag onnlly said tyl'ies usually having it hent untlertlnp and 5 Connected seetu'ii'ig' strip arranged to extend under and engage portions o'l adjoining uiiits in an underlying row theteel.

Shingles oil the class referred to while success fol in so far as holding Clown the free lo entls when lanl so as to eonnterai-t lint-Ming are (iiflieult to pack for shipment vithoni;

considerable waste of space, l nrtherinore the. eeourine; strip or attaching staple fro oguently gets damaged With-the result that l! nmny of the shingles when nnpaelietl require aria-lightening and other attentions lielore lreint: in correct condition for laying.

The {primary object of (ill? invention to provide flexible shingles of the foregoing 2o typified character embodying novel features \vherelrv the may he compactly stnelteoi for storngre'or shipment with the lll'ltl1'.l'l2.l} anal attached. securing: means wholly protected from injury and displacement. 7

Other objects and advantages will he zippzirent on exiin'iinatiou ol' the drawings. eonstitutingla part hereof, as well 213 clearly 3}) pretiatetl from the following description of a seleetecl example chosen, from among other 30 possible embodiments as, conveniently suited to advantageously illueti'nte the novel (heraeterisl ies of our invention.

In the (ll'iP-VlllfIS; Fig. L is ii perspective view of n flexible shingle embodying the pre -ent invention.

Fig. ll, is an illustration showing the manner in \\'lll(ll the liexihle shingles of our invention may he {ECOllOilllfll ly out from n continuous strip of tlouhle-n'iilth material.

Fig. Ill. is :1 view in plan showing; the manner in \\'.lll(l1 our novel form of shingles may he El'tltlifll with the nntlertlnp of one shingle lllicl'lltilllti' the cut-out of another.

Fig. IV, 1 side elevation exemplifying 4.5 the advantages inhering to the nmnner of packing our novel shingles; and,

Fig. V. is liiflllll'lRQlltfll'jy plan View, more or less tliiie'intnniutieiilly represented, shovw inn the niumei' in which the improved shim 50 gles are luicl. I

Referring more'in detail to the drawings all) glottal H0. fl-18,8171.

it will be seen that the lflt'llvit'llllll ehinnlesi ('OIUPI'GllEllSHGljZ iletngnnteil by the numeral G-nre of the tlintnontl Styie, lint'it to he explicitly understood thut our inipr-oreinei'its are not restricted thereto. ther heinn' well adapted to all sh i'ig'les nenerlillv 1 Each nhingi'le es point down tornni.

may be conveniently tnhrieeterl from :in ol' the Toll. known single or tlouhle-n'itlth inn.

teriiils used in the art but iiniple. let it he inis'nireil thev are niiiile of asphalt inipregmiitetl felt having! it inin' izetl coating on one surface.

A. s shown it e h shingle 6 is generally reetzingmlar in out line with crease '1 to provide an nntlerilno or through which the :ioouring me: E) is forced. The securing n'iozins; t) will he noted is preterah sti'ip materiel, medially through 10 then tlattenetl out to ill i made hent the tip i ibefore retroversion "Ll iiligneil on: ll. ll,-dispose:l parallel with theiitoi'e one eerner introverted ELlOIH" ii tip in or Staple or i crease 7-antl lying Wholly within the new lines of the shingle Sltlt? eiloes 12 r 1 I .lhe diagonally opposed corner oil:

shingle 6, tipped an angulz i open 15 thereof tliiegrtlv vertical (in nonal inits less of tilt shingle horneoi Silltl falill'lgl'lt' when in other words the angular recee' t l3 to gin oviite line with ihe llllti. laipereutnwn .vliile ntlorclint a definite point 1:1 for nlin nnnenl -when positioning; on the vertieul thrill: lines means to aeeonnnotlnte t gatrent shinglewhen tiL'cll'L l'or1n-2is will he reaililv understood on exnniinntion of li igijs. Ill and l.

This tenture of 0111" invention in (leaned ot considerable l nportnnee for economic an Well as utilitarian reasons, "economiein that: less Hillto waste mill llllllzllltll to prevent relo'lf en mrnosetl.

l in the apex 15 of the. recess 1-4. while the free ends 11 ot' the securing! means 9 are wholly aeei'annnnlatei'l in the triangular z-paee 1T afforded at eae'h side by the lip Ii F :nd the cut-oil edges 18. A

rw'h ngles t3 configured and hihriratoi'l as above ret forth may he cut from single width m'ataa'ial in rertangnlar units lay an appropriate cutter which removes. the corner l3 and forms the V-sl1apedfrecess 14% at one operation, then turned about to have the securing means 9 stapled into the diagonally opposed corner, previous to retrovertin; the tip 9 in a lending machine. (Fr, 1 :hi'ngle is may he rut h a suitable shaped r ll cutter from douhle width material it) as v hown by Fig. H'the only waste uonslst: in; of the eight-pointed star portions 12h intermediate four adjoining shine-lea In shin ling a root or other surface 2l--- Fig: l -with flexible shingles 6 shaped and madedn accordance with the present. invention. each successive conrse'is-laid hy planin a unit (3 of the next; npperconrse over two units of the next lower course in a position for-the free ends 11 of the seeming; means; 9 to pass under the two adjacent lower shine-l a 5 S. The shingle 6 is next pulled upwards with the aforesaid free ends ll engaged helow the adjacent eonvergzent. edges of the shingles S S-previousl v at tached inplaee by nails Bil-therebyeffecting a secure interlock with the lower course. The shingle (3. it is to be particularly oh- 35 served, is correctly aligned by manipulating the apex 1.3 of the ll-shaped recess 14 into registration with the chalk line 16 hereinhefore referred to, and nailed down at its side, {corners by nails whereupon the same, on 40 ,ea-ations just described are repeated.

FY0111 the foregoing description it is thi'in'gl'it that our invention will he fully .iindertood,hut among the numerous advan- I b inhering thereto attention is direeled 45 m the fact that perfectly square and eon1- :pact packages maybe eheaplv produced. "ilheir'the' shingle; (3 are stat-iced, or packed lorsvhipmenl, the aeeuring means fl do not proj yl"hegvond the edges of said shingles iminatin; all danger o'l? hendin g while the 'ilnterlitling ol the, lip point into the re '5 ll ensureano projeeling' eorners and previt-nts lateral lis-:plaeen1ent wherehy a i more aolid handle is readilv lneidentall weight is redneed. 1while the rem-Hi l-l enahles eorrert side alignl mentwhen shingrling a surl'aee to hie eover d.

Whil we have deserihod one praeiieal enihrnl'ir oeut oi. this invention we do not. eonin finejourselvea to the preeise (let ails shown, nnix reserve the right; to make Fl'ltll rhanges mosgz ae and variations as are fairly eneompaswd hr the seop'e of the snhjoined elaino'.

Having; thus deseriheal our invention, what we elaiin is 1.. A llexihle shingle having a rel roverted tip with an interliited laterally direeted s=ecuring inemher. and an opposed eul-out a1- tording a reee 'lnm'lionai as an aligning point and adapted to reeeive the i'elri'iverted tip apex of an overlying" shingle when stacked.

2. A sl'iing'le having-a retroverted tip with an interfitted laterally direeled seenrin meinher. and a diagonally opposed eat-out allording' an angular i'eiess adapted to no eommodate the tip apex of a su 'ierp sed shingle when staelvied.

A point-down shingle having an under- ;rlded tip with an interlitted laterally directed seen ing memher, and a diagonally opposen ear-out affording acentrally loeated haped-reeess adapted to accommodate the tip apex of a superposed shingle when stacked. i

l. A point-down shingle having an underiohlezl tip with an 'llllQll'lttQtl laterally diieefed seeurii g memher the free ends whereoi a: e wholly within the eonlines oi? the shingle side edges. and a diagonally opposed cut-out ailordin; a rentrally located ii-shaped l'eeess adapted to aeeoinmodate the tip apex of a superposed shingle when stacked.

A point-down shingle having an undert'oldedtip with an inter-titted laterally direeted securing: nieinher, and a diagonally opposed eat-out atl'ordingr a x -shaped l'til'fii; functional to eorreetly align said ehin gle wh n laid well as .to aeeonnnodale the tip of a superposed shingle when stacked.

6. Shingles: having retroverted lips with interlitted laterally directed seeuring ineinhers, and opposed rut-outs allot-ding l'lPlSSiS loo adapted to aeronnnmlale the tip apieea of T uperposed shingles, wherehy aid shingle ma he elosely eompaeted for storage-and sil'iipinent as well as effectively 'pi'event tl from relative lateral dis-plaeenient.

T. A point-down shingle havinn, an under; folded tip with an interlitled laterally 'di reeled securing member, and a diagonally opposed eat-away affording a centrallylia-ated V-shaped 'IOI'PSS, said rut-away and l'tflnfidhilin: adapted to he:'oininodate the tipapewi and inlerlitled set-urine member of a superposed shingle when szlelied.

In testimony whereol'. we have hereunto signed our names at Blanrer, i, this: 22nd davof Deremher, 1924.

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